Year % of rural population 2000 34.2317383968167 2001 35.1380802320601 2002 36.0360254695732 2003 36.9255741093557 2004 37.8067261514071 2005 38.6794815957283 2006 39.5438404423189 2007 40.3998026911785 2008 41.2473683423077 2009 42.0865373957064 2010 42.917309851374 2011 43.7396857093114 2012 44.5536649695182 2013 45.3592476319939 2014 46.1564336967394 2015 46.9452231637542 2016 47.7256160330381 2017 48.4976123045916 2018 49.2612119784146 2019 50.0164150545069 2020 50.7632215328682 2021 51.5016314134992 2022 52.4611778363656